Natural Resources committee  How can the national energy data strategy help? First, let's take a little closer look at those investments. Of the $56 billion in private sector investment, the most important type of expenditure by far is the one that carries the greatest risk. That is the exploration expenditure. Nearly $9 billion has been spent on exploration in our offshore over the last 50 years.

Agriculture committee  During the committee's recent travels, I know that you have seen first-hand how innovations and new technologies are making Canada's agricultural sector more efficient and increasing the value of products. With exports valued at $56 billion a year, Canada is the fifth-largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. More than half the value of primary agricultural production in Canada is exported, and in some industries it's a far greater percentage: 90% of our canola and 95% of our pulses are exported.

National Defence committee  We're about to enter an era where we're starting to build the Canadian surface combatants, as we talked about here, which is a project of $56 billion to $60 billion, and again, there are the fighters, which are the better part of another $20 billion. What is going to happen in a few years as we enter implementation on a number of very large projects, without investing a lot more people, is that our spend will ramp up quite significantly.

National Defence committee  Of all the ongoing defence procurement projects, the Canadian surface combatant project is the most expensive. The Department of National Defence estimates that it will cost between $56 billion and $60 billion to acquire those warships. What is the current state of the Canadian surface combatant project? What milestones does the Department of National Defence plan to achieve in this fiscal year?

National Volunteer Week  In Canada, volunteer work represents the equivalent of more than one million full-time jobs, for a contribution valued at $56 billion, or 2.6% of GDP. Despite all the numbers, we strongly believe that volunteering brings priceless value to our communities. In many rural communities across Canada, essential services ranging from health to culture and even education depend on volunteers to survive.

The Budget  Certainly, in the 2008 financial crisis, there was a bit of a bump. The Conservatives at that point ran a deficit of $56 billion claiming it was entirely due to financial turmoil. In fact, in part, it was also due to mismanagement with respect to fiscal instability and reduction of revenues coming into the government.

Natural Resources  Foreign oil won and Canadians lost. How much did we lose? We lost billions of dollars. We know we lost at least $56 billion that could have gone from western Canada to the Maritimes, and specifically, New Brunswick. The prospects for energy workers in Canada have been grim. I am going to talk about New Brunswick.

National Defence committee  As has happened in the past when we built our frigates, the type of investment involved there kind of dwarfs all other investments at $56 billion to $60 billion. Not all of that will go to the shipbuilding industry, but in a number of areas, as we get into implementation a few years from now, that will be a significant cash and eventually accrual-based investment.

International Trade committee  Our chief economist, Pierre Cléroux, is projecting that retail e-commerce sales will double to $56 billion by 2020, in large part from consumers living in an increasingly hyperconnected, high-speed world. Consequently, this means that any small shop can actually become a micromultinational, if you will, as low-cost e-commerce apps now allow any small enterprise to sell worldwide.

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  With the red tape strangulation death of energy east, the total amount of disinvestment from energy companies alone has reached $56 billion. C.D. Howe is saying that business investment in Canada is at its worst level, compared to the U.S., in 25 years. It said to increase investment, we need “faster and more certain regulatory processes, affordable electricity and lower taxes”.

Natural Resources  Speaker, TransCanada was forced to abandon energy east after the Liberal government changed the rules halfway through the game. Foreign oil wins and who loses? Canadians. Canadians are losing big, $56 billion in energy projects have been cancelled, thanks to Liberal incompetence. Why are the Liberals punishing Canada's energy sector and the thousands of middle-class jobs that depend on it?

Finance committee  When it comes to beef, which pound for pound is our most valuable agricultural product, we have all the ingredients for success: a large arable land base, rich endowment of water, ample natural grasslands, superior genetics, a good climate, a fulsome supply of feed grains, tons of industry experience and know-how, and a world-class food safety system. Budget 2017's goal of growing Canada's agricultural exports from $56 billion to $75 billion by 2025 makes a lot of sense, but it won't be automatic and it won't come without the support of policies and programs, and that's certainly the case with the beef industry.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear and participate in this important hearing. Mining contributes approximately 3.5% to Canada's GDP. That was $56 billion in 2016. It directly employs 370,000 workers, and indirectly employs almost another 200,000. Proportionally, mining is the largest private sector employer of indigenous peoples nationally, and that's with employment poised to increase.

Transport committee  I'll begin by saying just a few words about the mining sector, which, as you know, is an economic stalwart, contributing some $56 billion to national GDP in 2015 in what was a down market. We're major employers, with some 373,000 people working directly and another 190,000 working indirectly for our sector. We pay the highest industrial wage in the country.

National Defence committee  Before I pass on the question, I think for the Canadian surface combatant, we did go through extremely rigorous costing to make it very clear how much it was going to cost—$56 billion to $60 billion—to make sure that we take into account now the full costing of this. Now, it's up to us to make sure that we go through that process. But this is what it does: it gives confidence now to the industry at the same time that this is going to be fully funded.